Our students are mostly digital learners. We, as teachers, are not. How do we best bridge this divide and bring education into the digital learning space where students reside? How do we take what we as teachers know in one literacy and allow students to demonstrate mastery in another, without losing control of the classroom? One answer: digital storytelling around curricular content.

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    • About the Author:

    Heather Sinclair has been teaching all the sciences across 7th through 12th grade for more than a decade, and has settled in middle school in Maine. She values authentic learning, student connection and self-expression.

    Matt Loera teaches economics and civics at New Valley High School in Santa Clara, CA. Before starting his teaching career Matt owned a professional services firm in Silicon Valley for 15 years, and prior to that worked for Allstate Insurance in corporate finance.